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Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has announced that customers of their pay TV service(s), specifically Virgin TV 360 or Stream, can now access thousands more TV shows and movies from Pluto TV, directly via their set-top-box and “all at no extra cost“. Pluto TV is a free, ad-supported, streaming TV (FAST) service that gives customers […]

Press Release Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra Tlc, Medusa and Orange are pleased to announce the coming into force of the construction contract for the Medusa Submarine Cable System. This milestone marks the start of an ambitious project that will boost connectivity across the Mediterranean. Medusa will establish crucial connections between Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. The subsystem named Via Tunisia, part of the Medusa Cable,...

Rural broadband ISP Wildanet, which deploying a new gigabit speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of Cornwall and Devon in South West England, has today announced that existing investor Gresham House will pump another £50 million into the provider to help support their UK expansion. Just to recap. Wildanet secured their first £50m from the […]

News The deal will see the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation provide fixed broadband and voice services to consumers and businesses across the country This week, Australian telecoms giant Telstra has unveiled a new partnership with SpaceX’s LEO satellite constellation Starlink, aiming to deliver home phone and broadband services for remote customers. Telstra says the satellite connectivity services will expand the connectivity options available for hard-to-reach businesses and...

Full fibre broadband ISP LilaConnect (VX FIBER), which recently paused its rollout of a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in England and revealed their plan for job cuts (here), has today followed all that by announcing a price increase on some of their current packages. The announcement didn’t spell out precisely what prices have changed, although […]

Infracapital-backed UK broadband ISP Ogi, which is investing £200m to build a new full fibre (FTTP) network across 150,000 premises in Wales by 2025, has today marked their first two years of build by revealing that they’ve covered 60,000 premises (up from 47,500 in March 2023) and will be supporting several community events this summer. […]

News The deal will see Telenor’s Finnish subsidiary DNA supplied with 85 GWh/year of renewable energy from Statkraft’s new wind farm This week, Telenor has struck a new 10-year onshore wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Europe’s largest renewable energy generator Statkraft. The deal will provide Telenor’s Finnish subsidiary DNA with 85 GWh/year of renewable energy, provisioning roughly 80% of the company’s annual energy consumption. The power will be provided by Statkraft’s new wind...

A new report from investment bank Numis, which was authored by analyst John Karidis, has today reiterated its sell recommendation on BT (inc. Openreach) and warned that the national broadband giant “keeps underplaying the risk” from rival alternative networks to its consumer and business units. The latest research is being published just a few days […]

Giganet (Cuckoo), which is deploying their own UK full fibre (FTTP) broadband network and selling via existing networks (e.g. CityFibre, Openreach), has today announced that they’ve become one of the first ISPs in the country to be certified for five ISO accreditations (international standards) under a UKAS-approved auditing body. Working with Alcumus ISOQAR, Giganet claims […]

Business telecommunications and broadband ISP Spitfire has today announced that they’ve signed a full UK Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with BT Wholesale, which will enable them to launch mobile products based off EE’s national 4G and 5G network – all integrated with the ISP’s latest core network. According to Spitfire, the provider’s new […]